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Some seed fats of the santalaceae family
Author(s) -
Hatt H. H.,
Schoenfeld R.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740070207
Subject(s) - stearic acid , palmitic acid , oleic acid , genus , chemistry , fatty acid , botany , composition (language) , biology , food science , linolenic acid , organic chemistry , linoleic acid , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract The octadecenynoic acid, ximenynic acid, is present in quantity in the seed fats of three members of the Santalwn genus: S. acuminatum, S. Murrayanum and S. spicatum . The composition of the fatty acids from the seed fat of S. acuminatum was calculated to be: palmitic acid, 3%; stearic acid, 1%; oleic acid, 50%; linolenic acid, 2%; and ximenynic acid, 44%. The higher ethenoid acids which accompany ximenynic acid in the seed fats of the Ximenia genus, are here either absent, or present only in small amount.